Google is always rolling out something or other, and this week it was DoubleClick Ad Exchange. The service has launched in China, giving local businesses a new online advertising option. Sure, it’s not quite as exciting as augmented-reality glasses, but hey…advertising options! Who doesn’t love those?

Spring has come to China’s group buy sector after a long, harsh winter in which many group buy companies froze to death, much like the Pilgrims. Of course, like the Pilgrims, the few group buy companies that have emerged, gaunt and blinking, into the spring sunshine aren’t necessarily too sure what’s going on, but the sheer fact that they have survived puts them in front of the competition. Which, as I previously mentioned, is dead. But there’s always the hope that e-commerce companies will take them under their wing and, like the Native Americans, teach these group buy companies to grow corn…OK, this metaphor is falling apart. I’m willing to admit that it may never have made sense in the first place. Just click the link!